THE EMMA DENT COLLECTION

Victorian

Emma Dent, the Victorian chatelaine of Sudeley Castle (1856-1900) was an avid and indefatigable collector and this exhibition of her private memorabilia provides both an insight into her own interests and also displays a record of her life and times. It ranges from needlework and jewellery to a remarkable autograph collection, which includes many of the authors, artists and statesmen of her day, and her correspondence with Florence Nightingale.

Also on show are the many lovely and curious objects which she gathered in her travels across Europe while illustrative snapshots and extracts from her diaries illuminate her days at Sudeley and her wider interests.

A book of extracts from her Diaries and ‘The Lady of Sudeley’, her life story, are on sale in the Visitor Centre.